n A true-life war time story of Kurt Gerstein, a young German caught on the wrong side of history. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. May 2-June 3. Theater J, 1529 16th St., NW. $15-$45. 800/494-8497.

Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue

n Elliot Ruiz returns from military duty in Iraq and soon realizes how his experiences unite him with his father and grandfather. In English with Spanish subtitles. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday. Through May 12. GALA Hispanic Theater at the Tivoli Theater, 3333 14th St., NW. $15-$34. 202/234-7174.

The Flu Season

n The story of burgeoning love in a psychiatric hospital. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through May 13. Catalyst Theater Company at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St., SE. $10. 202/494-3776.

n A one-man show that follows Charlotte von Mahldorf and her triumph over the brutalities of both the Nazis and Communists. 7:45 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 1:45 and 7:45 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Through May 20. Olney Theatre Center at the 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. $25-$46. 301/924-3400.

In On It

n Three men defy the laws of creation and destruction as they maneuver between three comedic realities. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through May 27. Theater Alliance at H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St., NW. $25. 202/396-0050

Little Red Riding Hood

n The fable is brought to life with large-scale puppets, live actors and marionettes. 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Through May 25. Classika Theatre, 4041 S. 28th St., Arlington. $12-$15. 703/824-6200.

A Man For All Seasons

n Robert Bolt’s play about Sir Thomas More, who faces down Henry VIII in his effort to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through May 12. Keegan Theatre at the Church Street Theater, 1742 Church St., NW. $20-$25. 703/892-0202.

Mill Town Girls

n A play that navigates the unlikely friendship between a reluctant shutterbug and a heavy metal preacher’s child. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through May 13. Quotidian Theatre Company at the Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. $15-$20. 301/816-1023.

The Musical of Musicals, The Musical!

n One story becomes five different musicals in this comedic musical parody. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through June 3. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. $35-$40. 800/494-8497.

Nest

n The story of Susanna Cox, a Mennonite accused of infanticide in 1809, and the first woman to be hanged in the state of Pennsylvania. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through June 24. Signature Theatre, 2800 S. Stafford St., Arlington. $35-$55. 703/820-7790.

Opus

n A string quartet must replace an unstable player, and the four men must adjust to the modulations produced by the addition of a young woman. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through May 19. Washington Stage Guild, 1901 14th St. NW. $30-$40. 240/582-0050.

n Two survivors of the Holocaust struggle with forgiveness and retribution. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Through May 19. Landless Theatre Company at DCAC, 2438 18th St. NW. $15-$18. 301/515-4494.

Saving Aimee

n A play based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, a woman who went from a humble upbringing to the charismatic founder of the Four Square Gospel Church. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through May 13. Signature Theatre, 2800 S. Stafford St., Arlington. $37-$63. 703/820-9771.

n It’s 60 years in the future and it is now possible to attach a human head to a donor body and Professor Sullivan Daniels is the first to undego the procedure. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday. May 4-June 2. Charter Theatre at Theater on the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington. $20-$25. 202/333-7009.

Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ tour de force, a play for each day of the year, presented by different arts organizations in weekly cycles of seven plays each. GALA Hispanic Theater will conduct a nightly reading on May 3, 4-5 at 7 p.m. at the Tivoli Theater, 3333 14th St., NW. www.studiotheatre.org/365.

Titus Andronicus

n When the Roman general Titus returns from his campaign against the Goths he sacrifices a prince in retaliation, setting in motion a cycle of violence. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through May 20. Shakespeare Theatre Company, 450 Seventh St. NW. $19-$78.25. 202/547-1122.